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Congressional Relations and Pressures 



For some time after the Forest Service was given 

 jurisdiction over the national forests there was strong 

 opposition to its policies, including the charging 

 of fees for grazing, on the part of several western 

 members of Congress, notably senators Fulton of 

 Oregon, Carter of Montana and Heyburn of Idaho. As 

 the local and national benefits of orderly manage 

 ment of the national forests became evident, support 

 for them steadily grew on the part of the users, the 

 general puolic and in Congress. Individuc-1 members 

 of both houses sponsored helpful legislation and in 

 creased appropriations, and congressional committees 

 dealing with Forest Service matters were often helpful. 



There were congressional gadflies, of course. 

 For example, Representative Compton V/hite of Idaho 

 (father of the present member of the House) came 

 repeatedly to our offices to complain and threaten, 

 but he did not have enough influence to do us much 

 harm. Representative Glair Sngle, later a senator, 

 was sometimes very helpful, at other times very 

 troublesome. 



Among those who stood out for their constructive 



